META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
NASDAQ · Technology · Internet Content & Information · US
$616.77
+1.00%Aug 29, 2026, 23:59 UTC
Meta and the Blinded Veterans Association partnered to donate Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to visually impaired veterans, with distribution occurring at VFW Post 6731 in D'Iberville, Mississippi.
Source:Aug 29, 2026, 15:56 UTC
Meta announced it will start charging businesses per-message fees for service and utility messages on its WhatsApp Business Platform starting October 1, 2026.
Source:Aug 29, 2026, 09:47 UTC
Coinbase launched tokenized shares of Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and Alphabet on its Base blockchain for eligible non-U.S. investors, with each token backed one-to-one by shares held by a regulated custodian via an Abu Dhabi SPV.
Source:Aug 29, 2026, 08:45 UTC
Google DeepMind experienced a significant decline in its share of elite AI talent hires in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, falling from 49% in 2022-23 to 18.6% in 2025-26, as rival labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta expanded teams.
Source:Aug 28, 2026, 22:45 UTC
Meta released a report identifying a Kremlin-linked network, including ANO Dialog and the Social Design Agency, that ran covert influence operations targeting Armenia's 2026 parliamentary elections to support businessman Samvel Karapetyan and the Strong Armenia party.
Source:Aug 28, 2026, 21:30 UTC
A consolidated case brought by more than two dozen state attorneys general against Meta, alleging exploitation of teenagers and children, concluded suddenly on Wednesday after trial began earlier this month in Oakland.
Aug 28, 2026, 17:30 UTC
New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. over the Cambridge Analytica data leak is set to go to trial on September 8, 2026, with the state alleging Facebook's cultivation of user trust was a 'charade'.
Aug 28, 2026, 13:30 UTC
The Government of Nepal asked Meta and TikTok to remove graphic flood content, AI-generated videos, fraudulent QR codes, and misinformation from their platforms following the Bhotekoshi floods.
Source:Aug 28, 2026, 07:58 UTC
OpenAI hired a longtime Meta Platforms Inc. executive to lead Southeast Asia and Australia.
Aug 27, 2026, 16:45 UTC
The Canadian government reaffirmed its commitment to Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, which would ban users under 16 from social media platforms, despite Meta's U.S. settlement.
Source:Aug 27, 2026, 15:01 UTC
Meta and Roblox agreed to strengthen child-safety protections for Philippine users, as announced by Philippine ICT Secretary Henry Aguda on Thursday.
Aug 27, 2026, 14:15 UTC
California's Attorney General announced that an independent audit firm will supervise Meta's compliance work.
Source:Aug 27, 2026, 06:45 UTC
Meta announced the launch of its new 'America's Workforce Academy' program, funded by a $115 million first-year investment, to train workers in skilled trades and build infrastructure for the AI revolution.
Source:Aug 27, 2026, 06:40 UTC
South Korea's media regulator said on Thursday that Meta's youth protection measures should be applied globally, not just in specific markets.
Source:Aug 27, 2026, 00:00 UTC
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. appointed Marc Whitten as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of the announcement date, with a compensation package including a $1,000,000 base salary, a $2,100,000 signing bonus, and equity grants valued at approximately $21,000,000 in total.
Source:Aug 26, 2026, 21:18 UTC
Meta unveiled its new MTIA 400 AI accelerator chip at the Hot Chips conference, designed for both LLM training and ad recommender inference.
Source:Aug 26, 2026, 17:36 UTC
Meta reportedly abandoned an AI-focused restructuring plan, dubbed Project OT, that would have laid off thousands of employees.
Aug 26, 2026, 16:45 UTC
The Trump administration has entered into data-sharing agreements with OpenAI, Google, Meta, Amazon, and other technology companies to monitor the impact of artificial intelligence on employment and hiring practices.
Source:Aug 26, 2026, 13:33 UTC
META announced that an independent auditor will review its compliance with the META agreement over a five-year period.
Source:Aug 26, 2026, 09:22 UTC
WhatsApp announced enhanced security features including call context for Android users and upgraded two-step verification to a full password, as part of its effort to thwart scammers.
Source:Aug 26, 2026, 06:01 UTC
The Trust & Safety Association of Japan announced the launch of the Japan Online Fraud Countermeasures Alliance (JASA), a cross-industry council to combat online fraud, with support from Google, Meta, OpenAI, Trend Micro, and other organizations.
Source:Aug 24, 2026, 17:29 UTC
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced that his party will introduce legislation to regulate social media platforms, potentially affecting Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.
Source:Aug 23, 2026, 12:30 UTC
East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, in partnership with Meta and veteran support organizations, distributed about 200 donated Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses to blind and vision-impaired veterans in Tyler, Texas, as part of Meta's commitment to donate glasses to 130,000 veterans worldwide.
Source:Aug 23, 2026, 06:15 UTC
Australian Liberal frontbencher Sarah Henderson backed calls for Meta to publish its Facebook and Instagram algorithms, citing online harm risks, during an ongoing Senate inquiry into social media laws.
Source:Aug 19, 2026, 09:17 UTC
Meta will start charging South African businesses for service replies sent on WhatsApp from 1 October 2026, ending the free exemption that has been in place since November 2024.
Source:Aug 14, 2026, 19:15 UTC
WhatsApp began a limited rollout in August 2026 of a new scam alert feature that uses on-device AI to detect potential chat scams, focusing on messages from unknown contacts.
Source:Aug 13, 2026, 10:28 UTC
Meta released an early technical overview of Scam Alert, an optional on-device tool that flags likely scam messages on WhatsApp, on August 12.
Source:Aug 13, 2026, 09:26 UTC
Meta is giving away 15,000 Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to blind and visually impaired adults in Ireland through Vision Ireland charity.
Source:Aug 11, 2026, 07:21 UTC
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published an essay on August 10, 2026, proposing that frontier AI labs provide the U.S. government with intermediate training checkpoints of unreleased models before public launch.
Source:Aug 5, 2026, 02:27 UTC
US government informed AI developers Meta, Anthropic, Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI of a new framework that would exempt open-source AI models from pre-approval safety reviews, aiming to balance innovation and safety management.
Source:Aug 3, 2026, 16:15 UTC
Meta cut short Wipro's deal by $15-20 million and partially pulled the plug on deals with Accenture, Teleperformance, and Concentrix.
Source:Aug 3, 2026, 09:45 UTC
Meta Platforms reduced IT outsourcing to Wipro by at least 25% after an AI-led restructuring that closed its digital marketing division.
Source:Jul 29, 2026, 20:54 UTC
Meta plans to monetize its AI products through a one-stop commercial service model, adopting a subscription-based pricing plan combined with usage-based billing.
Source:Jun 15, 2026, 16:02 UTC
Meta Platforms Inc. launched the America's Workforce Academy initiative, offering free training for data-center technicians with a first-year cost of $115 million.
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